Chaourse

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Chaourse
Chaourse (France)
Chaourse
region Hauts-de-France
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Vervins
Canton Vervins
Community association Portes de la Thiérache
Coordinates 49 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′  N , 4 ° 0 ′  E
height 102-187 m
surface 18.6 km 2
Residents 539 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 02340
INSEE code

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Chaourse is a French municipality with 539 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Aisne in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the Arrondissement Vervins (since January 2017, until December 2016 part of the Arrondissement Laon ) and the canton Vervins (until 2015: Canton Rozoy-sur-Serre ).

geography

Chaourse is about 31 kilometers northeast of Laon on the Serre . Chaourse is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Vigneux-Hocquet in the north, Renneval in the northeast, Vincy-Reuil-et-Magny in the east, Montcornet in the southeast, La Ville-aux-Bois-lès-Dizy in the south, and Clermont-les-Fermes in the south and south-west, Montigny-le-Franc to the west and south-west and Agnicourt-et-Séchelles to the west.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 783 769 629 551 522 522 541 526
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

Roman finds

The Chaourse Treasure , an important Gallo-Roman hoard discovered in 1883 , is now kept in the British Museum in London .

Treasure of Chaourse

Web links

Commons : Chaourse  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Description of the treasure: Henry Beauchamp Walters : Catalog of the Silver Plate (Greek, Etruscan and Roman) in the British Museum. British Museum, London 1921, pp. 38–46 and panels XXIII – XXX.